It wasn’t that long ago that I took one of my nieces to a trampoline park. Trampoline gym? Trampoline land? Whatever it WAS called, it’s a bunch of pickleball courts now. But there’s this trampoline in the backyard and just the other day I climbed on and ended up reminding myself that I’m never jumping on a trampoline again. Fine, I’m in my mid-40s and I feel old, so what?
I swear the last few times I jumped with her on the backyard trampoline I bounced my right knee into 37 different fragments. Every time I think I’m 20 yrs old and I won’t have any problem, I bend my knee wrong, hyperextend it, or attempt some move I have no business doing… and I end up with a hurt knee. Why do I do this? My niece is on her way to being a college competitive cheerleader so I’m a fool to say “yes” when she says “try this!”
Next time I even look at a trampoline, please hold me back. No seriously, tackle me if you have to.
-Out of the Wilderness
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